Farewell dear Junee, my storytelling champion. I was blessed with a mother passionate about literature, history and culture, an innate sense of social justice and love of mothering

Her favourite saying to me, as I headed off to tell stories, was "Sparkle"Which is what Shirley temples Mum would say to her, it was our running gag. What I'll miss most is having my loving mother who I could skite to.